Your Honor, I'm Literally Just A Girl <3
Girl dressing — think bows, Mary Janes, scrunchies — is the internet's most prevalent fashion subculture. But where did it come from?
By Cami Fateh
Published
We’ve all seen her. She listens to Mazzy Star and Fiona Apple, she owns the Dior lip oil in “Cherry," she drinks Diet Coke like it’s water, and she wears a pair of ballet slippers with her low-slung vintage Levi’s 501s. She scours Depop for anything adorned with a dainty satin bow, Etsy for a Tiffany Style Stained Glass Sconce Light Shade, eBay for vintage Ralph Lauren cable knits, and Vestiaire Collective for secondhand Prada SS99 mules.
She may post a video of objects in her room to the tune of “I’m just a girl” by No Doubt. “Oh, I'm just a girl, living in captivity... Oh, I'm just a girl, what's my destiny?” plays on 2.5x speed as she showcases the artful clutter created by her Yoshitomo Nara framed prints, Bella Freud pillowcase, various Diptyque candles, fresh flowers in a vintage vase, afghan coats (Charlotte Simone or Saks Potts), Onitsuka tiger sneakers, and curated bookshelf littered with sentimental knick-knacks and, most certainly, a copy of The Bell Jar. Although she knows better than to use the word “aesthetic” as an adjective, she may still call a Dasha Nekrasova-inspired fur hat “so aesthetic.”